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Maybe Ronda wants to submit her in 10 seconds? Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey continues to top herself each and every time she steps into the cage, and following yet another finish victory -- this time via armbar in only 14 seconds -- over the very durable and previously undefeated No. 1 contender Cat Zingano in the main event of the UFC 184 pay-per-view (PPV) last night (Sat., Feb. 28, 2015), options are waning for "Rowdy" as she has nearly clean read news >>

After Ronda Rousey's 14 second win over Cat Zingano at UFC 184, both she and UFC president Dana White insisted that Cris Cyborg will need to make the bantamweight limit of 135 pounds to get a shot at Rousey. UFC women's bantamweight champ Ronda Rousey and UFC president Dana White have made it clear that they will not be meeting former Strikeforce champ Cris Cyborg in the middle. There will be no catchweight bouts to make it easier for the Invicta 145 pound champ to get a crack at Rousey. After R read news >>

LOS ANGELES -- Plenty of people think Holly Holm could be getting a UFC women's bantamweight title shot against Ronda Rousey before long. Raquel Pennington is not one of those people. Pennington, who meets Holm in the co-main event of UFC 184 on Saturday here at Staples Center, doesn't think Holm has done enough to earn her status as a title contender. "Honestly, I think it's a bunch of crap, if you ask me," Pennington said Thursday at UFC 184 media day. "I think there's a lot of women in the UF read news >>

Paul Daley saw his Bellator title fight go away when welterweight champion Douglas Lima had to withdraw from Bellator 134 main event with an injury, and another Brazilian is planning on ruining "Semtex’s" return to Bellator on Friday night. Welterweight veteran Andre Santos stepped in to replace Lima on five weeks’ notice at the Mohegan Sun arena in Uncasville, Conn., and the Luta Livre fighter doesn’t feel he needed more time to prepare for a bout with Daley. "I took this fight on short notice, read news >>

Linton Vassell said he could almost feel company president Scott Coker wrap Bellator MMA’s light-heavyweight belt around his waist when he took on reigning champion Emanuel Newton in October. Filed under: Bellator, News read news >>

Highly touted featherweight prospect Tom Duquesnoy defended his BAMMA title with a TKO finish against Krzysztof Klaczek. France's Tom Duquesnoy has quickly risen to become one of the most touted prospects in all of MMA, and his performance on Saturday night certainly added to his overall allure. Duquesnoy, who was scheduled to defend his featherweight title at BAMMA 18, overcame some unexpected adversity in the opening round against Krzysztof Klaczek, as he was thoroughly outwrestled and found h read news >>

Looks like Rory MacDonald will get his once-promised shot at the UFC welterweight strap after all. On February 18, the UFC announced No. 2-ranked Rory MacDonald would face off with current 170-pound champion Robbie Lawler in the co-main event of July's stacked UFC 189 card in Las Vegas. The two previously fought at UFC 167, with Ruthless earning a split-decision victory. While he emerged from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in November 2013 victorious, Lawler doesn't plan on leaving anything to chanc read news >>

Rory MacDonald is getting his title shot after all. The Canadian star will take on UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler with the belt on the line in the co-main event of UFC 189 on July 11 in Las Vegas, UFC president Dana White announced Wednesday during the UFC's performance-enhancing drug press conference. The Lawler-MacDonald will co-headline the event since a featherweight title fight between champion Jose Aldo and Conor McGregor has also been announced for the same card. UFC 189 at the M read news >>

Matt Brown has only lost to one fighter in the past three years: UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler. Brown said he doesn’t obsess over the defeat, but he’d certainly like a second chance one, and he’d like it for the belt.Filed under: News, UFC read news >>

"Storm" wants one more shot at taming the undefeated "Bull" Former Bellator MMA middleweight champion Alexander Shlemenko returned to the win column in ferocious fashion last Friday night (Feb. 13, 2015), knocking out feared striker Melvin Manhoef with a brutal spinning backfist/forearm early on in the second round of their Bellator 133 main event clash live on Spike TV from Fresno, California. Check out the highlights here. Following his thunderous victory, Shlemenko pleaded with Scott Coker an read news >>

At 38, Melvin Manhoef (29-13-1) is a finished product. You know exactly what to expect when he fights. There will be violence. It will be furious. And someone will end up looking at the ceiling. Fifty-four times, in a career spanning almost 20 years, it's been his opponent who has been unable to finish the fight, victim of powerful winging punches that are truly frightening to behold. "I'm a junkie for the knockout," he said on the Bellator 133 broadcast, moments before walking to the cage. That read news >>